instabox@0.8.80
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe reviewed source shows a user-invoked cloud-box CLI, with Instabox credentials sent to the configured Instabox API and limited onboarding telemetry disclosed with an opt-out. No install hook or unrelated credential exfiltration was found.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when a user invokes it; telemetry is emitted during onboarding after a successful Instabox account lookup.
Impact
No unauthorized credential transfer or unrelated account action was found in the reviewed source. The migration workflow transfers repo data only when the user runs it.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the configured Instabox API, installs its own CLI and skills during onboarding, and sends limited usage events to PostHog unless telemetry is disabled.
AI rationale
The reviewed source shows a user-invoked cloud-box CLI, with Instabox credentials sent to the configured Instabox API and limited onboarding telemetry disclosed with an opt-out. No install hook or unrelated credential exfiltration was found.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and is limited to onboarding outcome and package/runtime context; it does not include command arguments, names, paths, or messages.
- Telemetry is sent only when using the package’s default Instabox server, to the named PostHog host; API requests send session credentials to the configured Instabox server.
- The CLI installs Instabox skills as part of its documented onboarding flow, with a --no-skills option.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries whose contents were not independently inspected.
- The repo migration skill documents transferring committed or staged repository contents, including .git/config, to the user’s Instabox box when the user runs that workflow.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8981504
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Native Binary
Package ships native binary artifacts.
cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView on unpkgskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView file
•path = skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2977
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.
skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView on unpkgpackage.jsonView file
Findings
5 Medium7 Low
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarycli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
MediumShips Build Helperskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.80.
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